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Monday, September 24, 2012

Daily Headlines: September 24, 2012

* Honduras: Antonio Trejo, a land rights lawyer critical of a government project to build privately run cities, was gunned down outside a church near Tegucigalpa.* Brazil: Ministers from the BASIC group of emerging countries, which includes Brazil, called for stronger steps to be taken against man-made climate change.

* Argentina: President Cristina Fernandez issued a December 7th deadline for the breakup of the Grupo Clarin media conglomerate.* Venezuela: President Hugo Chavez holds an eighteen-point lead over election rival Henrique Capriles according to a poll by the Venezuelan Institute of Data Analysis.